hey guys and girls, first post after first LD of trying it for one night

hey people,

i am hooked on this and want to know everything so any info can help me alot and i'd appreciate it greatly.

i went to sleep last night repeating the affirmation, 'tonight i will know i am dreaming and take control of my dream' over and over. it felt like the first dream i had i became lucid, i only really remember doing a RC (touching the palm of my hand to see if my finger went through or stretched) my palm stretched.

when i woke up i remember remembering my dream and thinking it was so clear i will be able to remember it, alas i slept and dreamt other normal dreams and forgot my LD this morning.

i have been doing the checks and affirmations all day today and tonight i shall take a pad and pen to sleep with me so when i wake i can instantly right down what i remember

I hate when you have such a great dream in the middle of the night and by the time morning rolls around it's gone. :P You're not alone in that, but that's awesome that you recalled that you were in fact lucid! Congratulations! :D

One thing I'd recommend is to not let yourself get overly excited. Make sure to relax and take a few moments to calm down before bed, because if you're psyched up that you're going to have this super-awesome lucid dream again, you might find it hard to fall asleep. Expect to realize you're dreaming again, but don't allow yourself to get stressed. :)

We're glad you joined us here at DV and let us know if there's any ways we can help!
-Amé

i used the search function to find this thread as the exact same thing happened to me last night! I had a LD earlier in the night, but when I woke up to write everything down, a lot of the details are gone. I think as we get better, we will have more LDs later in our sleep, positively effecting both vividness and recall.